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Author: Jim Murphy Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: Category : Blizzards Languages : en Pages : 152
Book Description
Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.
Author: Jim Murphy Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: Category : Blizzards Languages : en Pages : 152
Book Description
Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.
Author: David Laskin Publisher: ISBN: 9780739453674 Category : Blizzards Languages : en Pages : 307
Book Description
The gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next the sky exploded in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunged as an unprecedented cold front ripped through the center of the continent. By Friday morning, January 13, some five hundred people lay dead on the drifted prairie, many of them children who had perished on their way home from country schools. In a few terrifying hours, the hopes of the pioneers had been blasted by the bitter realities of their harsh environment. Recent immigrants from Germany, Norway, Denmark, and the Ukraine learned that their free homestead was not a paradise but a hard, unforgiving place governed by natural forces they neither understood nor controlled. With the storm as its dramatic, heartbreaking focal point, The Children's Blizzard captures this pivotal moment in American history by tracing the stories of five families who were forever changed that day. Drawing on family interviews and memoirs, as well as hundreds of contemporary accounts, David Laskin creates an intimate picture of the men, women, and children who made choices they would regret as long as they lived. Here too is a meticulous account of the evolution of the storm and the vain struggle of government forecasters to track its progress. The blizzard of January 12, 1888, is still remembered on the prairie. Children fled that day while their teachers screamed into the relentless roar. Husbands staggered into the blinding wind in search of wives. Fathers collapsed while trying to drag their children to safety. In telling the story of this meteorological catastrophe, the deadliest blizzard ever to hit the prairie states, David Laskin has produced a masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the American heartland.
Author: Rachel Smith Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 26
Book Description
Do you have a spirited child with ADHD or dyslexia? Another diagnoses on or related to the spectrum? This book is for them. 'Born in a Blizzard' highlights the brilliantly curious and active mind of a child on the spectrum. This little girl has ADHD and dyslexia.... and she sparkles so brightly! Hang on as she narrates this story, rambling and jumping from one topic to the next, just like our own sweet children are apt to do....like whirling winds, sweeping us along! She speaks of blizzards, caverns, chickens, terrible fractions, reading with your ears, coloring on the floor and dyslexia. Eventually, you can see how it all ties in together (mostly) and the beautiful lesson she learns about being your own awesome self. Written in large print and dyslexic font."LOVE THIS. Oh it's so perfect for ADHD/Spiriteds. Love that she owns who she is." - Sarah from Love at Home Education
Author: Betty Ren Wright Publisher: ISBN: 9780823419814 Category : Birthdays Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
When a blizzard blows into town on Billy's tenth birthday, he's convinced his day is ruined. But as the winds begin picking up and the snow falls heavier, thing don't turn out as he expected. Billy's house is the nearest one to school, and it looks as though he'll be having a few after-school guests for a slumber party bigger than any celebration he could have planned!
Author: Linda Oatman-High Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0802789102 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 40
Book Description
A fictionalized account, told in free-verse poems, of a young girl's experience living through the 1888 "Great Blizzard" in New York City.
Author: Roger Quam Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN: 1613798377 Category : Languages : en Pages : 320
Book Description
The alumni of a senior high school class are invited to their first reunion-the 25th. Each is asked to write a biography of their life along with memories, good and bad. The 12 students attended all 12 grades together in the small rural town of Mozart, North Dakota, with 6 of the students from in town and 6 from a nearby Hutterite colony. The difference in traditions and culture posed some problems for both students and teachers. The class reunion is to be held in the converted Mozart Grade School Bed and Breakfast, is scheduled for the middle of December, and with bad weather always a risk. An unexpected 2-day blizzard snow bounds almost everyone. In the process everyone and everything comes out safe with many unresolved situations from the past being dealt with, as are unresolved romances and broken marriages. The reunion ends with several surprises. Roger Quam lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He enjoys gardening, writing, classical music, and church work. In 1963 he met Martha on a Greyhound bus and they have been happily married for forty-seven years. They have four children, two grandchildren and attend Prairie Hills Covenant Church in Sioux Falls. He attended the U of Minn. and has had four careers: managing in various industries, owning a business, and working at a Christian rescue mission. He retired in 2006 from Citibank. In 2003 he was one of twenty navy dads invited to spend four days with their sons on the USS Michigan Trident Submarine on a Tiger Cruise. Roger has authored three novels The Road To Gambela, and The Tiger Cruise, all published by Xulon Press.
Author: Debbie Barry Publisher: ISBN: 9781482385656 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 34
Book Description
This is a story about my grandmother, Zoa Townsend Fletcher, as I heard it from her when I was a little girl. Grandma Fletcher was a great storyteller. She loved to tell the stories of her own adventures to her children and grandchildren. The exciting story of her birth was a great favorite with all of her children and grandchildren, and it was told over and over again. My grandmother told it to her children, and one of her children grew up to be my Daddy, and now it is my turn to tell the story as I know it.
Author: Lauren Tarshis Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0545919797 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 103
Book Description
Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the Children's Blizzard of 1888 in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series. Eleven-year-old John Hale has already survived one brutal Dakota winter, and now he's about to experience one of the deadliest blizzards in American history. The storm of 1888 was a monster, a frozen hurricane that slammed into America's midwest without warning. Within hours, America's prairie would be buried under ten feet of snow. Hundreds would be dead, thousands terrified and lost and freezing. John never wanted to move to the wide-open prairie. He's a city kid, not a tough pioneer! But his inner strength is seriously tested when he finds himself trapped in the blinding snow, the wind like a giant crushing hammer, pounding him over and over again. Will John ever find his way home?
Author: Sonja Van Leeuwe Publisher: Tate Publishing ISBN: 1618628429 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 142
Book Description
Baby Madison is born during a blizzard in southwestern Minnesota on Christmas Day 2009. Everything seems perfect, until Madison has trouble breathing and turns blue only hours after she is discharged home from the hospital. As she is rushed to the ER, her emotional and incredible journey begins. The doctors at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, suspect that Madison is suffering from a metabolic condition called CPS deficiency, which can be associated with severe neurological damage and even death. Now only time will tell how badly Madison has been affected by this rare and devastating disorder. While the medical world labors to find a treatment for Madison, her parents, Eric and Sonja, struggle to keep their hope and faith alive. With the support and love of their family and friends, Eric and Sonja continue to fight for their beloved daughter, as Madison continues to show slow progress and much strength and love. Throughout Madison's unimaginable experience, she touches the lives of many and initiates many transformations within the medical community. By joining Eric and Sonja on Madison's Journey, you will discover the powerful message that Madison was sent to reveal.
Author: David Laskin Publisher: Zondervan ISBN: 0061866520 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 337
Book Description
“David Laskin deploys historical fact of the finest grain to tell the story of a monstrous blizzard that caught the settlers of the Great Plains utterly by surprise. . . . This is a book best read with a fire roaring in the hearth and a blanket and box of tissues near at hand.” — Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City “Heartbreaking. . . . This account of the 1888 blizzard reads like a thriller.” — Entertainment Weekly The gripping true story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next the sky exploded in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunged as an unprecedented cold front ripped through the center of the continent. By the next morning, some five hundred people lay dead on the drifted prairie, many of them children who had perished on their way home from country schools. In a few terrifying hours, the hopes of the pioneers had been blasted by the bitter realities of their harsh environment. Recent immigrants from Germany, Norway, Denmark, and the Ukraine learned that their free homestead was not a paradise but a hard, unforgiving place governed by natural forces they neither understood nor controlled. With the storm as its dramatic, heartbreaking focal point, The Children's Blizzard captures this pivotal moment in American history by tracing the stories of five families who were forever changed that day. David Laskin has produced a masterful portrait of a tragic crucible in the settlement of the American heartland. The P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
Author: Jim Murphy
Author: Jim Murphy
Author: David Laskin
Author: Rachel Smith
Author: Betty Ren Wright
Author: Linda Oatman-High
Author: Roger Quam
Author: Debbie Barry
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Author: Sonja Van Leeuwe
Author: David Laskin